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Article by Heath Coffman If you make your living from selling or performing your original works of authorship, it is good practice to register that work of authorship with the

At the 2018 Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Texas, Joe Cleveland was presented with the Chair’s Award for outstanding service to the Intellectual Property Law Section of the

Brackett & Ellis is pleased to congratulate the firm’s “Top Attorneys” who were recognized in the July, 2018 issue of  360 West Magazine ‘s.  Inclusion as a “Top Attorney” signifies a high

Article by Heath Coffman When the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (TUTSA) was enacted, it removed trade secret theft as a possible basis for asserting a Texas Theft Liability Act

Article by Heath Coffman   When a business severs ties with one of its affiliates, it can be difficult to retrieve and erase all the trade secret information provided to the

Brackett & Ellis attorney Ronald L. Adams has been inducted into the 2018 Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor. The Corps of Cadets established the Hall of Honor

Article by Heath Coffman Generally, there are three primary types of damages of damages in a trade secrets case: (1) lost profits, (2) defendant’s profits, and (3) a reasonable royalty.

Article by Heath Coffman In one of my earlier blog posts, I explained the how Texas’s anti-SLAAP statute, the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), is used as a defense to

Article by Heath Coffman One of the hardest lessons to learn in litigation is that obtaining a judgment against an opposing party by no means guarantees that your client will

Article by Veronica Law The cannabis plant produces two products – marijuana and hemp. This article focuses on the importance of real estate to the business of the production, sale